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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (216895)	1/27/2003 2:02:49 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<<<It has to maintain capital adequacy ratios just like other financial institutions. For the fiscal half-year period ended last September, it didn't: Because Japanese pulled so much yen out of the banking system, the ratio fell below its minimum target of 8%, to 7.6%, for the first time in 12 years.>>> don't see how buying assets will prevent jobs from going overseas, which was and is the root cause of the problem. real estate there is still very expensive.